Lalomanu Beach

See hommik oli tõeliselt vihmane ja tormine. Korraks tekkis meil isegi kahtlus, et kas praamid ikka liiguvad ning kas me jõuame õhtuks tagasi peasaarele, et sealt lennukile minna. Võtsime hommikusöögi, milles oli ohtralt puuvilju. Leidsime, et ...

Living on the beach with amazing reef just a few metres offshore...this is the place to ...

... very fun, and I did it several more times. It was a lovely place to spend an hour or so. Yesterday we took a bus to Lalomanu, one of the areas hit hardest by last September's tsunami. It is sad to see the desolate town and flattened and abandoned houses. ...

Well, we headed down to Lalomanu on the southern side of Upolu for a beach New Year's Party. In all there were 17 volunteers. We stayed in open beach fales. Really comfy. They give you a foam mattress with fresh (!) sheets and a bug net. There was ...

Entry containing 9 photos titled: 1 - Lalomanu Beach, 2, 3 - Lalomanu Beach, 4 - To Sua Ocean Trench, 5 - Mike in To Sua Ocean Trench, 6 - To Sua swimming, 7 - To Sua climbing, 8 - Togitogiga Waterfall, 9 - Papapapai-tai waterfall

... just seemed to skim past the village and beach on either side of us.  NOW, we really felt like we were on holiday. Lalomanu beach holds a few different Fale accommodation.  A fale is an open hut on the sand. (See photos and go green with ...

... :  morning nap at 10am, afternoon nap at 1.30pm, late afternoon nap at 4-5pm.   Like most of the guests in Samoa that week, we contemplated all possible options to find the sun and warmth of the pacific islands:  shall we fly to Fiji? ...

... side of bridges as well as underneath. But most of the time has been lovely and sunny and we've been relaxing by the beach and snorkelling with tropical fish over coral reefs. We are back in the capital of samoa now a place called Apia where everywhere ...

... and we were on our way to the tsunami disaster area...a one and a half hour drive south from the capitol of Apia.  Lalomanu was the worst hit of the entire coastline.  Arriving at the tsunami disaster zone was definitely a bit of a shock, to ...

Imagine a hut on the beach in Samoa, less than 10m from the water (or less than 30ft for the non-metrics)... you can hear the waves softly crashing on the fine sand, the heat making your skin moist and the wind appeasing you into a deep sleep by ...